American
Composers Orchestra has awarded nearly 100 commissions to the composers
listed below. Since the Orchestra's founding, it has awarded more commissions
to American composers than any other orchestra in the world. Two of the
ACO-commissioned works have won the Pulitzer Prize and many others have
been recorded and performed frequently by orchestras throughout the United
States.

For
many talented emerging composers, an ACO commission represents their first
professional opportunity to write a new work for symphony orchestra. ACO
commissions are often a catalyst for future performances by other orchestras
around the country.